Poems List

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

Man and Superman (1903) act 3

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In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.

Man and Superman (1903) act 3

2

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

Man and Superman (1903) act 3

2

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.

Man and Superman (1903) act 3

3

Englishmen never will be slaves: they are free to do whatever the Government and public opinion allow them to do.

Man and Superman (1903) act 3

2

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Man and Superman (1903) act 1

3

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Man and Superman (1903) act 1

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Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

Major Barbara (1907) act 3

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Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

Major Barbara (1907) act 3; see Mencken 232:18

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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

Major Barbara (1907) act 3

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